Post your recent Holga 120N shots here~!

Joseph Bell · Jun 7, 2020

wyofilm said:
When using my holga for a few seconds + I will cover the lens, depress the shutter and wedge paper or thin cardboard to hold the shutter open, uncover lens, time, re-cover lens, and remove wedge. BTW, really like your photograph.

Sincere thanks. Also, that is an excellent technique, thank you for sharing it!

blockend · Jun 7, 2020

If ever there was proof that the quality of an image has nothing to do with image quality, this thread is it.

Andrew O'Neill · Jun 7, 2020

Joseph Bell said:
Sincere thanks. Also, that is an excellent technique, thank you for sharing it!

I found that the rectangular end of disposable chopsticks works really well. I broke it off really short, and keep it in my pocket if I need it. Looking around for some slip on ND filters now...

wyofilm · Jun 7, 2020

Andrew O'Neill said:
I found that the rectangular end of disposable chopsticks works really well. I broke it off really short, and keep it in my pocket if I need it. Looking around for some slip on ND filters now...
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Hey! This is even better than my folded piece of cardboard.

Daniela · Jun 8, 2020

Daire Quinlan said:
Jeremy those shots are pretty amazing. Never been a huge fan myself of shooting colour in the Holgas, here's a Tri-x shot from a week or so ago

Such a lovely and charming shot! Well done!

wyofilm said:
When using my holga for a few seconds + I will cover the lens, depress the shutter and wedge paper or thin cardboard to hold the shutter open, uncover lens, time, re-cover lens, and remove wedge. BTW, really like your photograph.

I can't believe I never thought of doing that...thank you!

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 12, 2020

Andrew O'Neill said:
I found that the rectangular end of disposable chopsticks works really well. I broke it off really short, and keep it in my pocket if I need it. Looking around for some slip on ND filters now...

I picked up something similar to this so that I could use 52mm filters.

https://www.amazon.com/Imaging-Resources-Holga-52mm-Adapter/dp/B00328DAD6

Jeremy

Vaughn · Jun 12, 2020

Silver gelatin print. Combined with old film -- too bad Alex was not actually 16...instead of just "going on 16"

Andrew O'Neill · Jun 12, 2020

Jeremy Mudd said:
I picked up something similar to this so that I could use 52mm filters.

https://www.amazon.com/Imaging-Resources-Holga-52mm-Adapter/dp/B00328DAD6

Jeremy

That's exactly what I need. Thanks, Jeremy!

Joseph Bell · Jun 13, 2020

Andrew O'Neill said:
I found that the rectangular end of disposable chopsticks works really well. I broke it off really short, and keep it in my pocket if I need it. Looking around for some slip on ND filters now...
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O o o very clever!!

awty · Jun 13, 2020

Thanks Jeremy, need to get me one. Ive just been holding the 52mm filter on by hand.

Like this one with a red filter on hand held bulb.

Ships in the knight by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

John Wolf · Jun 14, 2020

This week I took my 120N on a long bike ride on the Illinois prairie. Haven't used it in a long time but really enjoyed it. HP5+ in HC-110h.

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 15, 2020

Great images being posted here!

I'm really enjoying this thread.

Jeremy

FishyFish · Jun 18, 2020

Hi.

I'm new to the forum, but hope you don't mind me posting some Holga shots in here.

Holga 120N
Shanghai GP3 (expired)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 10mins @ 24°

Bungalows by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Daisies by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Lines by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

baachitraka · Jun 19, 2020

awty said:
Thanks Jeremy, need to get me one. Ive just been holding the 52mm filter on by hand.

Like this one with a red filter on hand held bulb.

Ships in the knight by Paul Fitz, on Flickr

Wow!!!

John Wolf · Jun 19, 2020

120N, HP5+, HC-110h.
I also wanted to share a nice little discovery. I've got a couple 58mm ND filters and a 52mm step-up ring. I tried the ring over the front part of the lens and it fits perfectly. I was going to glue it, but it's locked very securely. A really nice solution for using filters.

Daire Quinlan · Jun 19, 2020

John Wolf said:
120N, HP5+, HC-110h.
I also wanted to share a nice little discovery. I've got a couple 58mm ND filters and a 52mm step-up ring. I tried the ring over the front part of the lens and it fits perfectly. I was going to glue it, but it's locked very securely. A really nice solution for using filters.

yeah I have 52mm filter rings hotglued to the front of most of my holgas, I have a pretty comprehensive collection of filters in 52mm thanks to a nikon habit that lasted for a few years. Always shooting with a yellow filter probably adds to the perceived sharpness of Holga shots, as it cuts down significantly on chromatic aberration in the final B&W negative.

Also also, very nice shot.

Daire Quinlan · Jun 22, 2020

From this weekend. My franken-holga has been upgraded with the front ring of a Mamiya six hotglued to the front, allowing me to use filters

redrockcoulee · Jun 22, 2020

Daire Quinlan said:
yeah I have 52mm filter rings hotglued to the front of most of my holgas, I have a pretty comprehensive collection of filters in 52mm thanks to a nikon habit that lasted for a few years. Always shooting with a yellow filter probably adds to the perceived sharpness of Holga shots, as it cuts down significantly on chromatic aberration in the final B&W negative.

Also also, very nice shot.

I glued a 46 to 49 step up ring due to a lifetime in Pentax land. The 52mm push on from Amazon does not ship to Canada. Might be for national security reasons.

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 23, 2020

I have a Holga question, but not about a 120N specifically.

I just picked up a Holga PC (pinhole) and haven't shot with it yet. Does anyone have one and know if the viewfinder view is relative to the framing of the pinhole lens, or is the lens wider than the viewfinder? Just trying to get an idea on framing before going out and shooting the first roll.

I have a NOON 612 pinhole, and I drew lines on it for framing that made things much easier but that's not hard to do on a big square wooden box.

Thanks!

Jeremy

Daire Quinlan · Jun 23, 2020

-snap- I just picked up a WPC :-D Can't help you out with the viewfinder on the PC, there isn't a viewfinder on the WPC

also also, It leaks light like a sieve. Anything sitting in the film gate for longer than a minute or so is unusable. Par for the course I guess, time to disassemble :-/

Donald Qualls · Jun 23, 2020

Jeremy Mudd said:
I just picked up a Holga PC (pinhole) and haven't shot with it yet.

If the pinhole is about where the lens would be in a regular Holga, the viewfinder should be about as (in)accurate as in the original setup. Been my understanding that the Holga has a much wider image on film than the viewfinder, though. The original Holga started as a 6x4.5 with the mask removed to give the 6x6 frame.

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 24, 2020

OK, thanks for the info. The Holga PC hasn't arrived here yet so when it does I'll just shoot it and figure out the framing. I had assumed they probably used the same viewfinder piece as the 120N so it's probably not representative of the wider pinhole view. Time for some experimentation!

Speaking of experimentation, I shot recently 2 rolls of 35mm film in one of my 120N's. I've shot 35mm film many times in my RB67's so I thought it would be interesting to do so with the Holga. I bought the kit on Amazon that includes the back with no window and decals for the winder nob that shows how much you need to turn to advance the film to the next frame. Sadly, that decal was WAAAAAAY OFF and I had overlap on every frame. I was not happy about that. My bad for not verifying or testing it with the back open and a dead 35mm roll. While others might like the quaintness of overlapped images, that wasn't what I was going for. The nob decal started out at basically 24 clicks per frame, then reduced that after the 3rd frame until the end of the roll. Realistically it should start at around 36 clicks per frame, and I may just keep it there even though I may waste some film with larger gaps near the end at least I'll have a consistent manner to wind it that I won't have to think much about.

Jeremy

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 24, 2020

Now that I think about it more without the fog of anger clouding my brain, I bet the 24 clicks to start was based on having the 35mm mask in the camera instead of shooting it without to show the wider frame and sprocket holes. That would make more sense.

Jeremy

Donald Qualls · Jun 24, 2020

Jeremy Mudd said:
Now that I think about it more without the fog of anger clouding my brain, I bet the 24 clicks to start was based on having the 35mm mask in the camera instead of shooting it without to show the wider frame and sprocket holes. That would make more sense.

Jeremy

Bingo! 24x36 is a good bit less film than 35x56.

Jeremy Mudd · Jun 24, 2020

Donald Qualls said:
Bingo! 24x36 is a good bit less film than 35x56.

Its interesting how things make more sense when reason and logic are involved.

Jeremy

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